Double bassist Kirsten Paige (a University of Chicago student and former pupil of Tim Cobb) sent me the following photo and information recently–I found it to be quite cool. She writes: I have been doing some work lately in the NY Philharmonic archives, and I...
(crossposted at PBDB) Outlier: a data point that falls far from most other points; a score extremely divergent from the other measures of a set. I first became familiar with the concept of “outliers” when my brother came home from his new job wearing T-shirt of the...
(click the player above to hear a segment of Pete’s Contrabass Conversations interview) In addition to being one of my good friends and an excellent teacher and bassist, Peter Tambroni (former Contrabass Conversations guest) is a prolific blogger. Here are some...
Here’s another link from Christian Buchholz featuring Guy Tuneh performing at Sessa Aurunca 2008. In this video, he performs excerpts from the Rossini Duo with cellist Claus Kanngiesser. [link: Rossini Duo – Guy Tuneh (Double-bass), Claus Kanngiesser...
Boston Symphony Assistant Principal Bass Lawrence Wolfe (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) is also an active composer. This performance (with Lawrence Wolfe performing) was recorded live at the James Library and Center for the Arts on June 15, 2009....
